Actually, a short summary of cost of Tejas can also be added to the 1st page. We would have plenty of articles online to quote from, especially the ones where MOD gave money to HAL for protypes, SP's, assembly lines etc.

Couldn't paste the entire text as the link is not allowing a good copying from mobile. Suggest someone can reproduce the entire text for future reference. Below link suggests Tejas ready for ALSR trials. The Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) version of the Tejas (16 fighters) already automatically...

Buy US-made F-16s to avoid sanctions, Washington tells New Delhi after S-400 deal. 20 Oct 2018. https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-buy-us-made-f-16s-to-avoid-sanctions-washington-tells-new-delhi-after-s-400-deal-2677195 How can India avert the US sanctions following the mega million S-400 Triumf ...

Hoping the claim below by Mr. Solih that he has won the Maldives Presidential election becomes reality and a friendly-neighborhood in Maldives is set for warm relations with India. Once this happens, I request one of BRF seniors to fly the standing-by India-Helis in Maldives and drop Mithai over Mal...

If I recall correctly, the expected first Rafale delivery is in 2019 (probably Q4 2019), almost a year to go. I would love to hear a confirmation from GOI/MOD/DA/French-Govt that the delivery is going to happen as planned. Would be excellent if one can show 2 Rafales on assembly lines which are bein...

Why Tejas MK2 being in Medium Weight category is not being celebrated as Lungi Dance fanfare moment by Rakshaks? Is it because of expected long delays and scope creeps? This likely means more orders for Tejas MK1A (assuming new MMRCA competition will die).

Since GOI buying Rafale is a purchase by Junta Paisa, it's a fair question that Junta can ask what is it in Reliance that is not in HAL when it comes to fighter building? When it is about screwdriver-giri (for those 36 Rafales), HAL could do better than Reliance and probably cheaper too. Shouldn't G...

I Googled this location Nekkundi, there is one Nekkundi near Thipassandra, East Bangalore, Karnataka and there is one Nekkundi near KrishnaGiri, Tamil Nadu. So, the Nekkundi in Bangalore is the one which is going to manufacture Tejas, right? Secondly, assuming we start delivering 6-8 Tejas/year in n...

PS - Even if SP-5 and SP-7 fly tomorrow morning, my enthusiasm and tracking of SP deliveries or FOC achievements has taken 1000 kills in recent times. There used to be days (for years) when I used to wake up in morning and search "LCA Tejas" on FaceBook, Twitter, Browsers. HAL - Thank you ...

SP3 flew on 28th Sept 2016 SP4 flew on 3rd March 2017 (after 5 months) SP6 flew on 1st July 2017 (after 5 months) SP5 has been always coming tomorrow (like FOC certification). There were reports that SP5 is coming from the same secondary/additional Tejas assembly line (Kiran Hanger) from where the S...

Dear All, I couldnt find any other thread to ask you this. Can someone clarify me about the Sachin Tendulkar association with Indian Air Force. Plenty of links on internet say that he was awarded Honorary Group Captain in 2010 by IAF and he was again made Honorary Group Captain by IAF in 2015. What ...

:cry: Hindi-Cheeni Bhai Bhai :cry: but why !! Apologies in advance but I feel that Aero India 2017 will have the gracious presence of the Manhoosiyat (what's the english word for this) now .. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-a-first-chinese-delegation-at-aero-india/articleshow/57122959.cm...

There were news reports that SP-4 will fly before or during Aero-India, if I am not mistaken then SP-4 has not even done ground-runs!! Could there be a surprise show-up of SP-4 in Aero India, just a fly by?

So what is HAL LCA Tejas target this year? SP2 (Mar 2016) and SP3 (Sept 2016) were handed over to IAF last year. 4 Tejas this year is probably realistic and stretched target for HAL although officially they might promise to deliver 6 this year? Does anyone know as Tejas delivery is occurring, jigs a...

We already have a State of Art LCA Painting Hanger which was inaugurated by IAF Chief Anup Raha ji, the day he flew SP-1. It is good to know that more special stuff is coming towards LCA. Meanwhile, under the offset contract not yet signed for India’s buy of 36 Rafales, Dassault Aviation is believed...

How reliable is this reporting of gun integration conclusion. None of any other media reports have claimed so. I am used to getting disappointed when deadlines were quoted by DRDO/HAL/ADA officials and they were missed by huge margins of years but it would be terrible if none such quote was made at ...

Since maiden flight of SP-3, i.e. 28th Sept 2016, there were never any firm articles/reports saying that SP-3 had been delivered to IAF, however several members here got some info that SP-3 had been delivered to IAF. I asked Tejas-LCA fb admin again and he/she reiterated that SP-3 is still with HAL/...

Adding Electrical, Flight Control, Hydraulic Control systems to the previous Avionics, Environmental Control products list in my previous post. INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT OF LINE REPLACEABLE UNITS (LRU’s) - FOR LCA-TEJAS https://www.ada.gov.in/adawebsitedev.html ADA is the Nodal agency involved in the d...

Adding 26 Environment Control systems to the previous 23 Avionics products list in my previous post. INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT OF LINE REPLACEABLE UNITS (LRU’s) - FOR LCA-TEJAS https://www.ada.gov.in/adawebsitedev.html ADA is the Nodal agency involved in the design and development of Tejas Aircraft alo...

No idea how old is this pdf on ADA website but it appears as a running ticker on main page. ADA is asking vendors to show interest in making about 112 LRU imported components and ADA is offering technical help so that vendors can achieve the deliverable's. This would be very interesting to see how m...

Same news, as posted by Tejas_warrior, of Tejas export informed by Parrikar ji in Parliament, but this one is on sputnik. So, if India wants to export Tejas to Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Vietnam, which of these countries are unfriendly to USA, Israel and Russia? New Delhi (Sputnik) — India is t...

Apologies, I have not been regular in following this thread, may be I missed it. Are you saying that gun trials which were going on a certain LSP have been concluded (tested, verified, okayed by HAL/ADA pilots)? And, since only SP's are handed over to IAF, hence either of SP1/SP2/SP3 has been fitted...

One of the reports in March 2016 quoted that it takes 187 Mln$ to double the production line assembly 8 LCA to 16 LCA/year. If true, it is very cheap (I know we built Mangalyaan cheap too) and I wonder what stops Parrikar ji in approving the expanding the HAL assembly plant to 16 LCA/year. Does this...

That look from F-16 pictures is so TFTA :cry: I surely dream that LCA one day achieves such smooth finish. May I ask, based on your knowledge, if our Su30MKI's being produced from Nasik have such good finish (or Hawks for that matter), just to understand that Indian MIC/HAL has this capability of de...